There are so many wonderful holiday movies. Which one is your favorite?
Mine is Holiday Inn, a classic musical:
A retiring night club singer (Bing Crosby) starts up a New England country inn with the unique idea of being open only on national holidays. Bing is joined by a talented amateur singer/dancer named Linda and his old dancing pal (Fred Astaire) in this delightful holiday movie.
Conflicts arise when the two men both fall for Linda, and sparks fly, as do their feet, in a variety of inventive, holiday themed song-and-dance productions.
Perhaps the best film ever inspired by a song. Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" was introduced in this film, sung as only Bing, the crooner, can sing it.
If you're a Fred Astaire fan or love movies about dancing, you're in for a treat with Holiday Inn.
Cast includes: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Louise Beavers, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, and Walter Abel.
Highly recommended for family viewing.
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Mickey's Christmas Carol
'Twas The Night Before Christmas (an animated Mouse Christmas story)
A Christmas Story
It's A Wonderful Life
I love all of those!
I like "A Christmas Story" (You'll shoot your eye out!), and the 1 hour "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" with Burl Ives as the Snowman.
White Christmas~ This semi-remake of Holiday Inn (the first movie in which Irving Berlin’s perennial, Oscar-winning holiday anthem was featured) doesn’t have much of a story, but what it does have is choice: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen an all-Irving Berlin song score...
The ending when the doors open showing the snow coming down. And the beautiful red dresses the woman are wearing. That of course is my favorite part. Ever since a little girl, I've always wanted a dress like that.. =)
"I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Meet me in St. Louis" is another of my favorites. Even though Christmas is not the theme of the movie. It has a great old traditional Halloween scene in it as well. But, when Judy Garland sings to Margaret O'Brien. During the scene where, Esther's father comes home and announces that he's moving the family to New York where he has a better job offer. No one wants to go, but the decision seems to have been made, so the family prepares itself to leave after Christmas. Tootie has an especially hard time accepting this and despairs over all the dolls she has buried in the cemetery and the snow people she will have to leave behind. Esther comforts her by singing the now-classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," originally written for this film.
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Anyone remember the name? Dasher? Dancer? The film was one of those sad, but inspirational films, and kind-of resonates with our current U.S. ecomomic situation...
Home Alone! That movie was funny, sweet, and so heart warming that I've watched it several times over the years. It has a wonderful lesson in the end.
And, my next favorite, is The Grinch that stole Christmas.
Then, A Christmas story.
Christmas Story
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
All the Cartoon Classic's(Rudolph, Frosty, Santa Clause is coming to town, Charlie Brown)
Polar Express
We love them all!
I watched how the Grinch Stole Christmas last night on TBS, so the Christmas Season has officially started.
Guess it's time to start making cookies
I also love It's a Wonderful Life.
The British version of "A Christmas Carol" from the 30s with Alastair Sim wasn't bad. "The Man Who Came to Dinner" doesn't really have a holiday theme but it has Monte Wooley and Jimmy Durante and is worth watching. "Bad Santa" was a near miss.
My favorite is childish but I still love it--Rudolph The Red Nosed-Reindeer.
I use to love it's "A Miricle On 34th Street until TV Land played it to death, and the same with "It's A Wonderful Life" but I still love it too...sometimes *giggle*
Holiday Inn
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